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Described as a " pessimistic freethinker", al-Ma'arri was a controversial rationalist of his time, [3] rejecting superstition and dogmatism. His written works exhibit a fixation on the study of language and its historical development, known as philology.
Mar 8, 2021 · Al Ma’arri simply known as the ‘blind poet’ was a controversial rationalist who believed that reason was the chief source of truth and divinity. He was one of the three main heretics of Islam...
al-Maʿarrī (born December 973, Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān, near Aleppo, Syria—died May 1057, Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān) was a great Arab poet, known for his virtuosity and for the originality and pessimism of his vision. Al-Maʿarrī was a descendant of the Tanūkh tribe. A childhood disease left him virtually blind.
Al M was born in Northwestern Syria in the 10th century, in Ma'Arrat al-Numan, a town south of Aleppo. Up until a few years before his birth, Syria was still ruled by Ali Sayf al-Dawla, whose court was known for its appreciation and encouragement of literature.
Al-Ma‘arri - Abū al-‘Alā’ al-Ma‘arrī, often called al-Ma‘arrī after the town of his birth, was born in December 973 AD (363 AH), in the village of Ma‘arrat al-Nu‘mān. His birth name was Ahmad ibn Abdallah ibn Sulaiman ut-Tanhukhi (of the tribe of Tanukh).
Overview. al-Ma‘arri, Abu'l ‘Ala’. (363—449) Quick Reference. (363–449 / 973–1058) Al-Ma‘arri was born in Ma‘arra al-Nu‘man, an ancient Syrian town between Aleppo and Hims, in 363 / 27 April 973 and died in the same town in ... From: al-Ma‘arri, Abu'l ‘Ala’ in The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Islamic Philosophy » Subjects: Philosophy.
Apr 9, 2019 · Poetry and Prose Lecture - Dust's Embrace: Al-Ma'arri and the Art Dying in Classical Arabic - YouTube. Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center. 606 subscribers. Subscribed. 58. 2.4K views 4 years ago....
Mar 8, 2016 · In early 2013, Islamist militants in north-west Syria chose a peculiar target. They decapitated a statue of the 11th Century poet and philosopher Abu al-Alaa al-Maarri.
Jan 5, 2015 · Al-Ma'arri is a distinguished, if rare, example of a rationalist in the Islamic world, and one who was writing half a millennium before the Enlightenment thinkers of the West such...
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